Notes Additional Recommendations Notes Additional Recommendations 1 Server In a Dentrix system, the Dentrix server is the computer that will act as a. No more missed important software updates UpdateStar 11 lets you stay up to date and secure with the software on your computer. Projects/Office%20Manager/desktop/images/Practice_Defaults_dialog.png' alt='Install Dentrix G5 To Workstation Computer' title='Install Dentrix G5 To Workstation Computer' />Im in the middle of a Dentrix migration as we speak, thanks for posting this article. Im moving from a Dual DualCore w 2GB RAM on Win2003SP2 to a Dual Quad. System Requirements The System Requirements describe minimum and recommended standards for using Dentrix G5, G5. G5. 2. Exceeding the minimum standards may result in. BZYceqppOzc/VuH1v133MsI/AAAAAAABBJY/cq8OJZVWVlwKQvDsvdREM9Zx0KZ7W6uCA/s640/Untitled.jpg' alt='Install Dentrix G5 To Workstation Computer' title='Install Dentrix G5 To Workstation Computer' />Migrating Dentrix Image 4. This post is way off topic for those who read me regularly, but it should be helpful for those looking for this information via a web search. Our original server was a very old 1. Pentium running Windows XP Professional, Dentrix 1. FcXf1za30w/VzVLKvdRDVI/AAAAAAABBkY/CPDw_b9KmR0fnCoaGBusuZ-TwSVqBdsswCLcB/s1600/Untitled.png' alt='Install Dentrix G5 To Workstation Computer' title='Install Dentrix G5 To Workstation Computer' />HOME. Back to Manual Table of Contents. Trixi An Export Tool for Dentrix Users. To use Trixi, first install the. NET framework by clicking here httpwww. Dentrix Image 4. 5. We decided to upgrade, and bought a new Dell Power. Edge server with a Dual Core Intel Xeon processor and Windows Server 2. Installing Dentrix, Image, and the other required applications went fairly smoothly, with only a possible hiccup with installing. NET Framework 1. 1, required for Dentrix. I say possible because it was only a warning, and we dont know if it will manifest into any problems down the road. After installation came the hard part moving the data. Pulling the Dentrix data ledger, chart, schedule, etc. MB over was simply a matter of copying the data into the appropriate Data directory. Pulling images 3. GB over took longer, given the amount of data, but it was as simple. Figuring out how to transfer the Dentrix Image SQL Server database, the database that contains a mapping between patients and images, took an absurd amount of time. I tried Stopping the SQL Servers on both source old server and destination new server and copying the. This resulted in Chart showing Cannot initialize image database. Using the seemingly useful DXImagebinIDImage application, which ultimately failed. The key to figuring out was this Microsoft Support article describing moving databases using spdetachdb and spattachdb. To fix,Open a command line on the source and type osql E Q to get into SQL command line. Type use master. Viper. Copy DentrixDXImageMSDEMSSQLVIPERViper. DentrixDXImageMSDEMSSQLVIPERViperlog. Viper2. mdf and Viperlog2. Open a command line on the destination and type osql E Q to get into SQL command line. Type use master. C DentrixDXImageMSDEMSSQLVIPERViper2. C DentrixDXImageMSDEMSSQLVIPERViperlog2. Make sure to change your firewall settings on your new server to enable SQL Server to access it. This did it. Oh, how I wish Dentrix Image had better or any, for that matter documentation, except for this site which looks like it was written by someone in high school. UPDATE In all likelihood, the first method copy. I tried changing the firewall settings soonerUPDATE 2 After a massive meltdown of our servers and a long technical session with the good people at Dentrix Image, we learned a few things Windows Server 2. NOT supported for Dentrix Image 4. It was practically sheer luck that enabled it to work. Windows XP and I believe Server 2. The issue lies with the embedded Microsoft SQL Server used in Dentrix Image itself, which is incompatible with Server 2. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 Active Camera Systems there. However, since we already migrated Dentrix to Server 2. XP, there is a solution leave the actual images on our fast new Server 2. XP. The caveat here is that both machines must be accessible by network names e. IP address e. g. So, if I ping server. I would get a proper response. It is beyond the scope of this entry to explain how to make this work, but a hint to get you down that path static IPs and the hosts file. To get this hybrid system image files on dentrix server, image database on idb server to work Install Dentrix Image as a server install on a Windows XP machine. Well call this machine idb server below. On the old server, run DXImagebinIDBAdmin. Choose Export Database and choose a path. Move the resulting exported database to the idb server. On the idb server, run DXImagebinIDBAdmin. Choose Import Database and choose the file you just copied over. Choose Initialize Database. On the dentrix server, open DXImageimagesrtx. Change the file to point to the new servers network name. This is the missing link workstations will look at this file to figure out where to find the image database. UPDATE 3 We have posted our backup process for the lowly Windows XP IDB Admin server in a follow up, Backing up Dentrix Image 4.